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Date:      Thu, 7 Nov 2002 19:34:05 -0500 (EST)
From:      Ray Kohler <ataraxia@cox.net>
To:        horen@ny-myth.com, tlambert2@mindspring.com
Cc:        eta@lclark.edu, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: XFree
Message-ID:  <200211080034.gA80Y5hX085185@arkadia.nv.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <3DCB032D.84CCF2B9@mindspring.com>

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> From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov  7 19:30:04 2002
> Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 16:19:57 -0800
> From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
> To: Horen <horen@ny-myth.com>
> Cc: Eric Anholt <eta@lclark.edu>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: XFree
>
> Horen wrote:
> > Tried all combinations. Disabled every chip related feature, that isn't
> > required to bring X up. Screensaver is disabled. No way to get
> > any readable display back without reboot.
> > 
> > Installed a fresh XFree86 built from the ports tree, hour before
> > updated. No luck :-(
>
> You stated "Typing blind starts X again".
>
> Can you tell us what you mean by this?
>
> o	It restarts X, as if you typed "startx"
> o	It restarts X, as if you typed "xinit"
> o	It restarts X, as in it comes back from video signal blanking
> o	It doesn't really restart X, you were lying... (8-))
> o	Turning my monitor off, and back on works the same way
> o	...something else happens

I think he meant "Typing commands blind works, up to and including
running `startx' to start X again".

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